The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-16 00:00:00

COVENT-CARD/2,N THAATI.3. The events that had taken place on Thursday last at the Crown and Anchor, and the hope of seeing a perfeft tranquility restored bete• een the Public and the Proprietors, necessarily ieduced a vast crowd to throng to the Theatre last night. The Boxes, we understand, vi ere all let early in the morning.-- The . house was nearly filled very soon after the doors were opened, but such was the spirit of order that seemed, by a remark:►ble transition, to have suc ceeded to that of turbulence, that though there was a universal pressure for places, the Box-keepers were not interrupted in' their duty, but were per mitted to secure every seat for the partieS by what) they tad been retained. The Play was The Wheel of Fortune, and as Mr. KEMBLE had been announc ed for Pero f., course was a principal cause of the general attraffion. Before the Play commenced, all other subje6ls of dispute having been settled the preceding day, there was a general call for Mr. KEMBLE, and " No BRANDON " was heard in many parts of the Pit, to which that cry indeed seemed to be wholly Von fined, Mr. KEMBLE then came forward and in formed the audience that Mr. BRANDON, finding lid had excited so much public displeasure, had deemed it proper to withdraw from his situation in the Theatre. This information, we are sorry to says was received with shouts of approbation, as Mr. BRANDON was only guilty of zeal in the perform ance of his duty—a quality for which he would of course be esteemed and applauded in any other situation. But this triumph in the fail of a faithful old servant, we consider as the etre& of temporary resentment, and not of the established character of Englishmen. The Play then proceeded, and KEMBLE never re teived greater applause than on his entrance, and at the end of every -peech during the first act, and par rularly when Peniuddack appears, after he left his cottage, and says ; " So, I am once more in Lon don." The analogy betcveen these words and his absence for some time from the Stage, produced a general burst of applause, that proved bow much his character is really esteemed, notwithstanding all th e fury And heart-burnings which have so long prevailed. In the second act, however, a tumult arose, and the word apology resounded through the the Pit, and at length KEMBLE came forward again. lie said, that as an apology was demanded for the introduction of improper persons in the Theatre, he ought to apologize tor not having done so before. He then assured the audience that the Proprietors deeply regretted every occurrence that had given di , pieastire to the Public, and that they might be assured 'that every possible means would be, used to Prevent all future cause of offence. Here John Bull's true character burst forth. The audience were quite tumultuous in declaring their entire sa , tisfaetion, and when one or two persons evinced a contrary feeling, the most vehement cries of " turn hitri out" immediately reduced the discontented to silence. The Play was then heard with the utmost attention, and the audience strewed their good hu mour by applauding all the Perfortners as they re 3Pectively entered; and it was very gratifying to find that Mr.Ct KEMBLE, who unexpectedly came on in the part of Capt. Woodville (CLAREMONT having been announced in the play-bills) was marked out for peculiar applause, as if to compensate for the treatment which he had before experieheedeeeMr. KEMBLE exerted himself very strenuously in Penruddock, - and certainly never performed the part 'with more ability or stronger effect upon the general feelings..+CHAßLES KEMBLE also was equally zea lous to please the audience, and supported his cha racter in a very interesting manner. BLANCHARD, in Weizzle, was very entertaining; and indeed the Play altogether went off with ettect. Towards the conclusion of it, however, hew complaints burst forth, and Mr. KEMBLE understanding that they related to the spikes in the Pit before the Boxes, ad vanced and assured the audience that every thing that lessened the ease and accommodation of the Public should be removed before Monday.—Good humour then seemed to be perfectly established, and KEMBLE came to announce the Play for this even ing, but could not be heard amidst the general ve• hemence of applause. During the After-piece ; however, some of the former 0. P. party, who had not been apprited of the pacific measures which had taken place, and who contrived to 'effect an entran9 at the back of the Pit, renewed the scene of turbulence, which prevailed during the whole of the Afterpiece. (The Blind Boy), and which, according tognerat re port, was stimulated by the person named WEIN !OLT, who has been often mentioned, and who, it is said, last night endeavoured to excite the audience to a demand of an immediate sacrifice of the Private Loxes.--After the arrangements, however, which have been made with the heads of the Opposition, in which all the respectable members of it heartily concurred, it is not to be supposed that the Proprie tors will again be required to violate the engage- Xnent into which they have entered with the. Holders of the Private Boxes, but that matters will. here after be permitted to remain as they are until next season. We should have observed, that before this latter tumult began, a Placard was held up in the Pit, on which were inscribed these words, in large lettep, "WE ARE SATISFIED." This label was received with shouts of approbation, which reverberated on all sides, as it was turned round for general obser vation. We may now, then, we trust, congratulate the Public on the probability of being hereafter in full Possession of their favourite and most rational amusement, and we hope that their zealous patron age of the Theatre will contribute to make the Pro prietors some compensation for the heavy losses which they incurred, as well as the frustration of the hopes which they had conceived from the erec tton of so beautiful and splendid an edifice. His MAJESTY has conferred one of the vacant ribbons of the Order of St. Patrick on the Marquis of SLIGO. COU.tT CP COADION COUNCIL, The Court assembled yesterday; in 'compliance with a Requisition signed by several of the Com mon-Councilmen, for the purpose of re-considering the AddresS to his Majesty, proposed and acceded to at the 1351 Court. The LORD MAYoR took the. Chair shortly after - twelve, but the business of the Meeting was not commenced till nearly one, in consequence of the, on-atieddlnce of tLe Members. The proceedings of the last Court were then read, and after some private businesS, the attention of the Court was"called by Mr...TACKS, who spoke to the following etfe6t " My Lord Mayor, certain newspapers having • stated, that on Wednesday last, in the speech I de livered in this Court, some intemperate e%pression's were used by we towards a Learned Barrister, I think it proper to state that I am not aware such words were so grossly expressed as have been repre:- seined. As, howeser, some of my friends recol 7 led that I did ue language capable of an imprope'r construction, 1 am induced to slate to this Court, that I am extremely sorry that in the warmth of de bate any words escaped me, which in the icinotest degree could tend to hurt the feelings of that Gen tleman. Your Lordship and the Court will, I trust, (JO rile the credit to admit, that it has never been my practice to descend to personalities in debate towards its Members, or to any individual; and I most ear nestly wish td disclaim every senti-nent of that de scription. As I have not the honour to know the Gentleman, it is iMpossible for me to have had de liberately an intention to insult him. I think it proper further to State, that this declaration arises solely from my own retie(lions on the subjeCt, and nut from the representation of that Gentleman or his friends. I called on a worthy Gentleman (Mr. Arcuthinan) as the friend of the Learned Barrister, to acquaint him with my intentions. This morning I observe, that the Leornt,l 6,m:rum fins taken singular revenge, at a public Milner, by slandering the motives which aCtuate my public conduCt ; ne vertheless that has not altered my design. I have only, on this point, to observe, his assertions on that occasion were in no respect founded in reality . The concern in which I embarked seven years ago, a considerable property, has remained in all respe-61; at the public service of the army for the last five years, for which it has been adopted ; and as three or tour successive - Administrations have in that time taken place, I suppose even the cakunny of party will not charge me with being the tool of every one of these AdMinistrations. It appears only that as' long as a man thinks in all respects, and it has b eu ' in very few points I . have ever thought or acted Om with that party, he is uncori opt, Let the moment he takes the liberty to think tor himself he must necessarily be the reverse. Mr. DixoN observed, that if any Gentleman felt himself offended at bring called an lidnest Cowisel bar, he Must deserve any uneasiness the jealousy of his own feelings might give rise. to. For nis part be did not think that any language used by Mr. Jacks could be in the remotest 4 , 4 , ,ree otrensive 'to Mr. Clifford. Alr.WArrumati deprecated in the strongest terms, any personalities in that Court ; he s:lid, it was highly improper to slander any Gentleman, but more especially Gentlemen of the Bar, whose suc cess in their profession depended on the unitu peachabity of their characters. He could not help saying, however, that Mr. Clifford was most foully. slandered. He had no personal acquaint ance with the Learned Gentleman, but he had never heard that there was any thing in his conduct which was not strictly cisfstitutional, and guided by the pure dictates of an upright and honour able heart. The worthy Gentleman (Mr. jacks) had declared, " That it never was his practice to de- scend to personalities," but he (Mi. Waitliniao) had on more occasions than one, an opportunity of form• ing a very different conclusion. It was a common practice amongst persons of his (Mr. Jacks) prin ciples to degrade those by invidious attacks, whose principles were in Opposition to their own, and their apostacy was at Ara) s tnlnked by the grossest slatider against the persons whose cause they had previously, espoused. In the present case the most objection able allusions had been made without the smallest foundation. Alderman COME objected to the time of the Court hetug occupied by any other business than that for which they were t onvened, and elfpiessed hope that the matter for discussion would be hurtle ' dimly brought forward. A long conversation now took place respthing some irregularity in issuing the summonses for con vening the Court, in which animadversions were passed on the clerks, and- persons whose immediate duty it was to see the orders of the Lord Mayor complied with. Some propositions were made to adjourn the Court till this day, on thegrounci of the Members not having had regular notices, hut they were over-ruled, and the business of the Cow t pro ceeded. RE-CONSIDERATION OF THE ADDRESS. The LORD MAYOR was then. about to address the Court on the subject of the requisiiibn, in compli ance with which the present Court was summoned, which he said was sig ned by some of the most re spectable Members of Court, When . Mr. Sheriff A . riuNs rose, and said, before the re quisition was read,- he was anxious to make a. few observations on 'the inexpediency of the present, meeting. After the merits of the Address had un dergone a re-consideration, during a lapse of eight hours, be could not see the grounds upon Which the Court, was summoned a third time, nor (lid he see any reason assigned in the requisition. When he.had taken the liberty of applying for a re-consi deration of the first Address, the reason he .-ssigned, was the lateness of the hour when it was produced, which led him to imagine thatmany of the Mem bers had gone away under an impression that no Ad .. _ dress would be presented. And as he was anxious that every Gentleman should have a fair opportunity of considering its merits, in conjuuttion with some friends he deemed it necessary that another Court EXTRAORDINARY GR0WT11....413 Newby Par k, should be assembled. The result of which w a s a belonging Lord GRANTFIAM, there is now growing very full attendance, who, after the most mature an deliberation,, resolved on the second Addr e s s as m us t oak tree, of the uncommon admeasurement of consistent with the dignity of the City of London, 25 tons, or 1000 solid feet ; its girth six feet up-. and more respe&ful to his Majesty. Uncler these *ards, is twenty feet four inches, which at the pre se- • • Lit prices of timber and bark, is worth upwards of circumstances he could - not help deprecating the pre .so guineas, • sent meeting. How is the business ever to be • . settled, said he, If itch me;sures are to be tolerat. ed ? (a laugh.) If he could satisfy his mind of the necessity, of the tneetin'i, 1e should not give any opposition ; but when :a i7persons had already given their opinion on 'the subject, he thought it exretneir ill advised thAt ailother Court should be Convened. • It Was impossible , patience . to a tharge:brought against and other geolemen *of, the Cotirt, before the whole 1.,i - ery' of London, of corruption. Re C.Oticlncltd by eX~ pressing his decided opinion in favo.or of the last Address, and .expreqsed a conviClion that thf..re was not an individual in Great would not say, it was more d;gnifiei, and more consistent with the charatier of the City of London, than that fir.t adopted. Mr. Soeriff W 001) was anxious to call to tfi re colleEtion of the Court the proceedings of Wednes day last, on the subjett of the new Addr-,;, on whicli hesaid the question was never :;tit. Mr. KEINIBL . F. called the worthy Sheriff to orders and moved, that tine minutes of tlic Court be read, in. order to see whether the asserti!u) wa ,:or rea. The minutes were then read, from which it appeared, that the new Address had been cart Ica in the affirmative, , Mr. TAnny 0)0110 the lat Address had been brought forward in too haifY a manner, and had been passed through the ,court « th a rapidity very f,n such occasions. He ,badgreat opinion of the ability of the worthy Sheriff (Atkins), and %iris convinced, if the Address proliO4o. by 111:n was re ferred to a- Committee, he would himself think some alterations were necessary ; and as it appeared ,- - - the general wish of the Court that semle other Ad dress should be prepared, he begged leave to move, " That a Committee, consisting of nll the Aldermen and a Commoner from each Ward should be ap- pt'inted to prepared an Address and MillOn to his M.ijeity." • Mr. Stimii , rose to te'Cond the Motion, anti in A speech of much warmth direded the attention of the Court to the ca!amitous occurrences which had Mr. Sheriff Woob, howeVer, perSisted in the truth of his observation. He also said, that he had never heard of an Address being sent up to his Majesty, wi , hout having been previously submitted to a Corn rriittee. With respeet to the precedent alluded to by an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Mlwrnan), he begged leave to inform him, that the Address to which he alluded had been before a Committee, and was Only amended by the General Court.— He also dwelt on the necessity of the re-considera tion of the Address, and in order to effect that purpose, declared his sentiments in favour of the Motipti. marked the cireer Ministers during their admi nistratiot% He particularly adver:ed to the events in Spain, and the impolicy of 3 Lord Chatham to the command of the 1::e disguteful I_,xpeditiOn to Walcheren, by which the lives of so many brave stdiers had been wantonly sacrificed, and the wealth of the country dissipated without any beneficial reSult: He trusted the Court would not be deluded by any Middle means, or be led to believe by specious arguniiiiits that Parliament would be in duced unsolic,ted to make thOse inquiries whith the misfortunes of the ttingdom proclaiMed so indis pensable. He called on the Represtritati , eS of the City of London to conVinee the World that they were not to be deceived by such shallow artifices. It Was an established principle that the King could Mr. BattKwoon expressed his astonishment that any well-wisher of the country should ctnsure the condua of Lord Wellington; he should as so:in expea to hear the bravery of Lord Collitigwood, or any of our Naval Commanders, called in question. He was not surprised, however, at any thing he beard from some Members of" the Court. Some insinuations had been thrown out respeaing the tools of Administration ; he could only say, he was no tool, and that his vote would come freely from the diaates of his heart. After seven hours discus+ sion, he"thought the opin in of the Court had been sufficiently colle&ed, dad conceived a majority of 17 in favour of the Address was a plain proof of the sentiments of the Court. do no wrong ; undoubtedly this was the case, be cause Ministers e't - ie al ways responsible for his con dwl. But if Miniscers were in the right, why was any opposition given to the inquiry so univer sally called for ? He felt great pleasure in support ing the motion, and expressed an anxious desire that the Committee should withdraw and bring forward such an Address as would give satislattion to all parties. Mr. LUCAS said, his ohje6lion to the former Ad dressarose from several causes ; amongst others, the condemnation of a 4 ,allarit General, whose COlldlla Was certainly unobjeCtionable upon my public grounds. He would undertake to prove also, that the Ekpeditioo to Spain, which was so strongly ani madverted on, had, been carried into effect with * the unanimous acquiescence of that Court. And, in order to substantiate this assertion, tie begged leave to refer the Meeting to I Address sent up to his Majesty on the :win of July, in which they had not alone signtfled their readiness to support his Majesty in hi, exertions in favour of the brave Spaniards, but Panegyrised in the most glowiii ; z terms the ho nourable and dignified feel ngs which led to such a measure. The wonky Gemleman titer en:ered into an elaborate defence of the conduCt of Lord Wel lington in the :!ssistarite he atlorded the Spaniards. If Iris exertiqns were not attended with the desired etfe6t, the misfort une was more an ributable to the Spaniards themselves, who had shown great pusils latihnity, than 10 the . g‘ilLiiit General, wh o , it had not mak. some exertions, would have stood a :still greater chance of drawing upon himself the animadversions of h,s . country. He concluded by expressing his anprobatioo of the second Address, and declaring his opposition to the motion of Mr. 'Paddy. Alderman GOODBEHERE commenced by obServ htg, that the honour and consequence of the Cor poration was materially concerned in supporting the original Address. He then adverted to the, conduct of Alderman Atkins, in proposing a - requisition for a second :sleeting. Such conduct, he said, was con , - trary :0 the dignity .of the Court, and a gross ca lumny on a considerable number of the Manhers of the Common Conned. lie then entered into a spi rited v indication of the original Address, which, he sa id, had been carried in the fairest possible man ner. It had been, said, that one of the grounds of objection to'it was, urns his Majesty had not been treated with due respe6t. He would -ask, where was the impropriety of going up to the Sovereign, and. in an independent manner stating the abuses which existed, and the disastrous failures which had followed the impolitic measures of the present Ad ministration ? His Majesty, however, was surround ed only by flatterers, and the truth seldom reached his Royal ear. He exhorted the Court - to go back frOm whence they had set out, prepare a new Ad dress; and thus prove that they were not to be trapped by the. artful- contrivance of Ministerial in fluence. By such conduEt they would prove their independence, support the dignity of- their character, and do honour to the Corporation. Mr. SPENCER opposed the Motion, and said, he thought the Address proposed was not a new Ad dress, but merely the original one amended. Mr. GRIPTIVIS said, he thisught the subject had already beef too notch debated. He begged the Court Would not suffer it to go abroad that they were squabbling about words, and words.only. As they were all of one opinion that an Address was necessary, he conceived the wisest plan would be to join together as in one family,-and come to a de cision at once; by this proceeding they would de serve the thanks of their Fellow Citizens, and gain the approbation of the Country. Mr. MAWMAN said, the principal - objection seem ed to be, that the last Address was not sent to a Committee. . The reason why this did nor take place was, that it was merely one Address opposed to another, added to which, no such proposition had been made till after the Address had been adopted. The next objection was, that it was unusual to pro.' pose a second AdOess after the first bad been ac ceded. to by a majority of the. Court. In answer to this he-had fairly put it t o the Law Officer, - if there was a precedent in - existence, who informed the Court that there was such 'a precedent for such a proceeding in 1.806. Here, therefore, was an end to that question. He then went on to deprecate the condemnation of 'Ministers without inquiry, and disapproved g enerally of the language of the last Address. He also expressed a hope that. the Court would not be influenced by the abuse and clamour of the Court of ,Common Hall.—(He was here called to order by Mr. Griffiths).—He said he was not out of order, and would not be intimidated by threats. Mr. HEAIu supported the motion, and observed, "There are tliost:: who are wise for their own selfish ends, Though they ruin their country a; d plunder their frieitjs " Mr.. WAITU;MAN, in a speech of great length, supported the motion. He entervd int() an elaborate defence of the sentiments he had utter-d, and com mented on the character and condu....: 01 the-arieus individuals who supported the new Address. Mr. S. Dmoig opposed the motion, and defended himselt against the charge of being biased in his vote by. Mmi3terial influence. • . Mr. Seriti Mims, in a speech of much streth and energy, defended his principles, and adhuced numerous arguments in support of the conduct he had pursued respet'Aing the late Requisition, th t. consequent iA•opositiun of a new Address. He aiso accused the Lord Mayor• of not interfering wilt the Livery at the Common Hall in his hehia If t h e Lord Mayor hid done so, he said, he would have obtained a hearing. - He. was here called to order, and the Lord Mrty.,r arose and asked, whether there was a Gentleman present, who could say he had not done hi s d u ty i n the strictest souse ,of the word.—(Cries c . l " Yes, Yes," resounded through the Court.)—His Lordship then called on the COmmon Council to.support him. Mr. Sheriff ATKIN s apologised for his observation, and said nothing could be further from his wishes than to give offence. • Mr. JACKS defended his own political principles, and moved the previous question. Mr. WALTEas declared himself divested of every political prejudice, and said, every Petition or Ad dress to his Majesty should be referred to a Commit. tee previous to its being presented. Mr. Sheriff WooD said, he was extremely sorry that the previous question had been moved, as there was a grammatical error in the Address, which, if it had gone to the Committee, would have been cor rected. Mr. TADDY replied, • And the o.uesticn being loudly called for, strangers were ordered to withdraw. The Coda di vided, and the numbers were declared as follows : ror the previous*Questian—Aldermen 8 Commoners 96 Tellers - toi .Against the previous Question —Lord Mayor r Aldermen 5 Commoners So Tellers 2 Majority in favour of the previous Question—:-i8 The new Address there.fore remains unnltexed, and wilt be presented to his Majesty on Wednesday next. The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Mr. ALFRED JOHNSON to be Agent ViEtualler at the Cape of Good Hope- in the place of HENRY PAL USHER, Esq. returning home through ill health. Thiring the hurricane yesterday morning, between two and five o'clock, the newly ereEted wall of the London Dock was bloWn down for upwards of forty yards, and the wooden erection. Several ves sels and crafts started from their moorings. THE AaTs.--,—We have thought it our duty to re commend a work brought forward by Mr. ACKER MANN on Arts, Manufatiures, and Fashion, and as thit work proceeds with the same spirit, and is marked by the same elegance and information as when it -began, we deem it proper to recommend it again to public attention. The last Number is par ticularly interesting, because it contains Portraits of the Deputies from those gallant men the TTROLIANS, who set an example to all Europe of resistance to its greatest scourge'. Mr. ACKBRKANN deserves cre dit for chewing this regard for the rights of Nations '• againit the inroads of usurpation and :yranny. Friday night, a shop in High -street, Glasgow, was entered by means of a false key, at a back door; but there being a faithful dog in the inside, he re pelled the depredators, atter which, the animal went and made such a ; noise at his master's house, which . was at a little distance, that he immediately came down to see how the animal had got out of the shop, when he found it had been opened by false keys.— : The courage and fidelity of the animal lad saved his master's property, for not an article is missing,